diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
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 * [17. C++ Code Formatting](#17-c-code-formatting)
 * [18. C++ Naming Conventions](#18-c-naming-conventions)
 * [19. C++ Code Recommendations](#19-c-code-recommendations)
+* [20. Scoped Styling and Theme Extensions](#20-scoped-styling-and-theme-extensions)
+* [21. Agent Playbooks](#21-agent-playbooks)
 
 ## 1. Mission & Scope
 
@@ -740,3 +742,29 @@ return ImGui::GetIO().Fonts->AddFontFromFileTTF(
 * Avoid hidden global state; favor explicit dependencies.
 * Use `enum class` for scoped enums.
 * Avoid macros in public APIs unless required for portability.
+
+## 20. Scoped styling and theme extensions
+
+* Use `ImGuiX::Extensions::ScopedStyleVar` and
+  `ImGuiX::Extensions::ScopedStyleColor` for temporary style changes. Their
+  RAII lifetime must cover the widget or child window that consumes the style.
+* Keep reusable design values in theme roles or custom theme tokens. Consumers
+  should resolve the active theme instead of hardcoding product colors.
+* Screen-specific geometry may stay local until it is repeated. Promote a
+  metric to a theme/widget token only when it is part of the shared design
+  language.
+* Follow the Dear ImGui lifecycle contract for every `Begin*` call. Always
+  call `End` and `EndChild` after `Begin` and `BeginChild`, even when their
+  boolean return value is `false`. Call `EndTable`, `EndPopup`, `EndCombo`,
+  `EndTabBar`, and similar conditional cleanup exactly once only when the
+  corresponding `Begin*` call returns `true`.
+* For the detailed recipes and review checklists, use:
+  - `agents/imguix-styling-playbook.md` for scoped styling and theme ownership.
+  - `agents/imguix-table-playbook.md` for table composition and filtered selection.
+
+## 21. Agent playbooks
+
+Keep `AGENTS.md` focused on architectural invariants. Execution-oriented
+recipes belong in `external/ImGuiX/agents/` and must be linked from
+`agents/README.md`. Update the relevant playbook when an API invariant or
+recommended integration pattern changes.
diff --git a/agents/README.md b/agents/README.md
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+++ b/agents/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Files:
 - `imguix-smoke-build.md` - Known-good commands to configure and rebuild smoke examples with MinGW.
 - `imguix-fonts-i18n-playbook.md` - Quick operational checklist for documenting and validating fonts + i18n behavior.
 - `imguix-windowing-playbook.md` - Practical checklist for `WindowInstance` / `ImGuiFramedWindow` changes and docs sync.
+- `imguix-styling-playbook.md` - RAII style guards, theme ownership, and styling review checks.
+- `imguix-table-playbook.md` - Table surfaces, bordered data panels, filtering, and range-selection rules.
 
 When to use `imguix-fonts-i18n-playbook.md`:
 
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+# ImGuiX styling playbook
+
+Use this playbook when adding or reviewing temporary styling, theme integration,
+or panel layout code in an ImGuiX consumer.
+
+## Scoped style overrides
+
+Use the RAII guards from `imguix/extensions/scoped_style.hpp` for temporary
+style changes:
+
+```cpp
+{
+    const ImGuiX::Extensions::ScopedStyleVar padding(
+        ImGuiStyleVar_WindowPadding, ImVec2(24.0f, 20.0f));
+    const ImGuiX::Extensions::ScopedStyleColor border(
+        ImGuiCol_Border, ImGui::GetStyle().Colors[ImGuiCol_Border]);
+
+    const bool content_visible = ImGui::BeginChild(
+        "panel", ImVec2(0.0f, 0.0f), ImGuiChildFlags_AlwaysUseWindowPadding);
+    if (content_visible) {
+        draw_content();
+    }
+    ImGui::EndChild();
+}
+```
+
+The guard must cover the `Begin*` call and any drawing that consumes the style
+for a window, child, popup, table, or widget. Follow the API-specific cleanup
+rule: `End`/`EndChild` is unconditional, while `EndTable`/`EndPopup`/`EndCombo`
+is called exactly once only when its `Begin*` call returns `true`.
+
+`ScopedStyleVar` and `ScopedStyleColor` are deliberately non-copyable and
+non-movable. Create named local guards; do not return them, store them in a
+container, or manually pair their stack operations elsewhere.
+
+## Theme ownership
+
+Prefer the active theme for values that express the shared design language:
+
+```cpp
+const ImGuiStyle& style = ImGui::GetStyle();
+const ImVec4 selected = style.Colors[ImGuiCol_NavHighlight];
+```
+
+Use `ThemeManager` custom values/colors for reusable tokens that are not Dear
+ImGui style roles. Keep screen-specific geometry local until it is repeated in
+more than one screen. Do not add a large JSON token catalogue for one-off
+coordinates.
+
+Product colors must not be hardcoded in a reusable ImGuiX widget. If a
+consumer needs a product-specific role, define it in the consumer theme and
+resolve it at draw time.
+
+## Review checklist
+
+- Search consumer code for raw `PushStyleVar`, `PushStyleColor`, and matching
+  `PopStyle*` calls. Replace temporary overrides with RAII guards.
+- Verify lifecycle cleanup follows the Dear ImGui API contract: `End` and
+  `EndChild` are unconditional, while `EndTable`, `EndPopup`, `EndCombo`,
+  `EndTabBar`, and similar cleanup run exactly once only when `Begin*` returns
+  `true`.
+- Confirm style guards remain alive for the widget/window that consumes them.
+- Use `docs/THEMES.md` for the complete `ThemeManager` and custom-token API.
+- Build at least one relevant smoke example after changing style or theme code.
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+# ImGuiX table playbook
+
+Use this playbook for scrollable tables, selectable rows, filtering, and
+composed data panels. It documents reusable Dear ImGui invariants; individual
+applications remain responsible for their own panel composition and visual
+language.
+
+## Separate table responsibilities
+
+Give each visual mechanism one responsibility:
+
+| Mechanism | Responsibility |
+| --- | --- |
+| `ImGuiTableFlags_RowBg` | Zebra/background rows |
+| `Selectable` | Hover, pressed, and selected interaction surface |
+| `ImGuiTableFlags_BordersInnerH/V` | Row and column separators |
+| `TableSetupScrollFreeze(0, 1)` | Keep the header visible while scrolling |
+
+Do not draw the selected state twice by combining a selected `Selectable` with
+`TableSetBgColor(ImGuiTableBgTarget_RowBg0, ...)`. Do not zero the theme's
+vertical `CellPadding` and compensate with a fake spacer row. Keep the active
+theme padding and adjust a local widget style only when there is a demonstrated
+layout requirement.
+
+## Optional bordered data-panel pattern
+
+When a consumer wants controls and a dataset to read as one component, it may
+keep them inside one bordered child:
+
+```cpp
+const bool panel_visible = ImGui::BeginChild(
+    "##data_panel", ImVec2(0.0f, 0.0f),
+    ImGuiChildFlags_Borders | ImGuiChildFlags_AlwaysUseWindowPadding);
+
+if (panel_visible) {
+    draw_toolbar();
+    ImGui::Separator();
+
+    if (ImGui::BeginTable(
+            "##data", column_count,
+            ImGuiTableFlags_RowBg |
+                ImGuiTableFlags_BordersInnerH |
+                ImGuiTableFlags_BordersInnerV |
+                ImGuiTableFlags_ScrollY)) {
+        ImGui::TableSetupScrollFreeze(0, 1);
+        draw_header();
+        draw_rows();
+        ImGui::EndTable();
+    }
+}
+ImGui::EndChild();
+```
+
+The child owns the outer border and padding; the table owns inner separators.
+This is a composition recipe, not a required application layout. Avoid adding
+a second outer table border unless the consuming design explicitly calls for it.
+
+## Filtering and range selection
+
+Render and interact with a visible projection rather than raw backing indices:
+
+```text
+backing collection -> visible projection -> render / range selection / copy
+```
+
+Shift-range selection must use positions in the visible projection. Copy and
+export must use the same projection and selection rules. Otherwise hidden rows
+can be selected and copied after a filter is applied.
+
+The application owns the policy for hidden selections when a filter changes
+(prune them, preserve them, or ask the user). Document that policy in the
+feature's model/controller guide.
+
+## Review checklist
+
+- Keep `CellPadding` inherited from the active theme unless a local override is
+  justified.
+- Use one selected/hover surface, one separator mechanism, and one zebra
+  mechanism.
+- Freeze the header for scrollable data tables.
+- Call `EndTable` exactly once when `BeginTable` returns `true`; do not call it
+  on a `false` return.
+- Keep `EndChild` unconditional after `BeginChild`.
+- Test filtering followed by Shift-selection and copy/export.